OCR MEI S3 2016 June — Question 2

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicChi-squared distribution

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  1. A genetic model involving body colour and eye colour of fruit flies predicts that offspring will consist of four phenotypes in the ratio \(9 : 3 : 3 : 1\). A random sample of 200 such offspring is taken. Their phenotypes are found to be as follows.
    PhenotypeBrown body Red eyeBrown body Brown eyeBlack body Red eyeBlack body Brown eye
    Frequency12537326
    Relative proportion from model9331
    Carry out a test, using a \(2.5 \%\) level of significance, of the goodness of fit of the genetic model to these data.
  2. The median length of European fruit flies is 2.5 mm . South American fruit flies are believed to be larger than European fruit flies. A random sample of 12 South American fruit flies is taken. The flies are found to have the following lengths (in mm).
    \(1.7 \quad 1.4\)
    \(3.1 \quad 3.5\)
    3.8
    4.2
    2.2
    2.9
    4.4
    2.6
    \(3.9 \quad 3.2\) Carry out a Wilcoxon signed rank test, using a \(5 \%\) level of significance, to test this belief.